About
Hank Patterson (born Elmer Calvin Patterson; October 9, 1888 – August 23, 1975) was an American actor and musician. He is known foremost for playing two recurring characters on three television series: the stableman Hank Miller on Gunsmoke and farmer Fred Ziffel on both Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. Patterson found plenty of movie work, mainly playing cantankerous types as well as blacksmiths, hotel clerks, farmers, shopkeepers and other townsmen, usually bit roles and character parts in Republic Pictures westerns, and then in popular juvenile TV westerns such as The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, and Annie Oakley. Patterson played recurring or different roles in adult/family TV westerns, including the role of "Hank Miller" in 33 episodes of Gunsmoke from 1962 through 1972, on Have Gun-Will Travel (eleven episodes), Death Valley Days (nine episodes),...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
Love, American StyleSeries • 1969
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
The VirginianSeries • 1962
Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
CheyenneSeries • 1955
RawhideSeries • 1959
Green AcresSeries • 1965
The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
The Lone RangerSeries • 1949
Bat MastersonSeries • 1958
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Sea HuntSeries • 1958
Highway PatrolSeries • 1955
Mister EdSeries • 1961
The TexanSeries • 1958